October 21, 2014 @ 1:51 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Orchard, the Marketplace Lending Platform backed by Spark Capital, Canaan Partners, and industry veterans, secures $14.7M in total investments Founded in NYC 2013, Orchard Platform, an investment and analytics platform focused on the global marketplace lending market, today announced it has raised $12 million in Series A… Read More

October 17, 2014 @ 12:40 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Christian Faes, LendInvest Co-Founder compares Silicon Valley with the London FinTech scene and shares his view on peer-to-peer equity in the UK versus the US. In the video below, Faes expresses the importance of investors being aware of the risks involved in equity lending and… Read More

October 17, 2014 @ 11:33 am By Erin Hobey  |  

An Interview with Orchard Platform’s CEO Matt Burton Founded in 2013, the tech company Orchard Platform enables Direct Lending originators and institutional investors to optimize and scale Direct Lending at a global level. The Orchard Platform Advisors, LLC (a wholly owned subsidiary of Orchard Platform (Orchard… Read More

October 17, 2014 @ 11:20 am By Erin Hobey  |  

AIM’s Tech Celebration was held last night at the Holland Center in Omaha. According to AIM CEO, Kandace Miller, “This was truly an important night, a red carpet night. It’s our way of honoring tech brilliance in the community.” AIM’s 2014 Technology Celebration Awards honor the… Read More

October 17, 2014 @ 9:05 am By Erin Hobey  |  

WiSEED announced today that “after months of discussions with the French Government, regulators and stakeholders in the financial sector, France is adopting a single regulation system and wants to foreshadow the future European law which is expected by the end of 2016,  at the earliest. WiSEED,… Read More

October 17, 2014 @ 8:30 am By Erin Hobey  |  

“The publishing world is about to be challenged by the small start-up company, blook, a creation of uservox limited, UK. blook will deliver a new digital community for book lovers to collectively read, write and share stories, before publishing books to an already engaged fan… Read More

October 16, 2014 @ 5:00 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Patch of Land, one of the fastest growing debt-focused real estate crowdfunding platforms, today announced that it is now publicly fundraising its seed round on SeedInvest, a leading equity crowdfunding platform with over 5,000 registered and accredited investors.  “SeedInvest continues to provide qualified investors with… Read More

October 16, 2014 @ 12:27 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Science for the people, by the people. Experiment, the crowdfunding platform for scientific research, is currently trending on AngelList, and for good reason: researchers from over 150 institutions and universities are using Experiment to fund important seed-stage research that would otherwise go unfunded.  The new… Read More

October 16, 2014 @ 10:55 am By Erin Hobey  |  

FlashFunders is the first no-cost equity funding platform open for small businesses and tech entrepreneurs.  “This is not the Silicon Vally model leveraging technology for business as usual,” avers FlashFunders. FlashFunders Co-Founder Vincent Bradley aims to take advantage of the recent changes in private equity funding by offering… Read More

October 15, 2014 @ 2:27 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

The phenomenal success of last year’s UK Crowdfunding Day has prompted organisers at The Crowdfunding Centre to extend the one day event even further. This year the event will run for a full week from 10-16 November, the highlight of which will be the Deep Impact… Read More

October 15, 2014 @ 2:02 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Security systems are trending on Fundable.  Sentri has posted over $390,000 in pre-orders for its home security system.  After ending its successful Kickstarter campaign this past July, the startup linked with Fundable for its next funding round.  According to Fundable, Team Sentri led by  USC and… Read More

October 15, 2014 @ 1:13 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

With the help of  127 investors, Astar Pets has overfunded by 117%+, securing over £293K on its Crowdcube campaign.  The startup exceeds its original £250,000 target goal for the 13.52% equity offered   As reported by Crowdfund Insider’s Samantha Hurst, “Astar Pet’s is on a mission… Read More

October 15, 2014 @ 12:40 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Line-Up has successfully funded over 85% of its Seedrs’ crowdfunding campaign. With the confidence of over 130 investors, the startup’s crowdfunding campaign has generated over £170K in funding for 9.09% equity offered. The startup offers an app that powers event discovery globally by developing its… Read More

October 15, 2014 @ 11:57 am By Erin Hobey  |  

SolarCity, Nasdaq: SCTY, launched the nation’s first registered public offering of solar bonds today, creating a simple way for individuals across the United States to earn attractive returns on their investments, while also participating in the nation’s transformation to clean energy. SolarCity filed a registration statement with the… Read More

October 9, 2014 @ 12:39 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Packaging makes a difference, often the difference.  OurCrowd has invested in Highcon, dedicated to the development, manufacturing and marketing of its sophisticated, revolutionary digital creasing, cutting, and converting solution for the Direct-to-Pack Folding Carton sector, a $82 Billion folding carton market. The round is being led by… Read More

October 9, 2014 @ 11:46 am By Erin Hobey  |  

With atalanda there is no reason to wait for an order. Order online, enjoy a cup of coffee, open your door and receive your purchases at the startup’s regular shipping cost of 5,95 €.   Atalanda’s vision: “Order at the local dealer on the Internet,… Read More

October 9, 2014 @ 10:50 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The film A Billion Entrepreneurs has raised over $120,000 in the past four weeks for its Kickstarter campaign, hoping to reach its $200,000 goal by October 16th. The funds will be used to complete the movie that will serve as a resource for an educational program promoting entrepreneurship, purpose… Read More

October 8, 2014 @ 1:44 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Fidel, a UK-based platform that allows customer-facing businesses primarily within Retail and Food & Beverage to set-up and run a sophisticated Customer Loyalty System,  recently launched its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube.  With the help of 12 investors, Fidel has already secured over £80K of its £230,000… Read More

October 8, 2014 @ 12:50 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

New IR Site SymbidCorp.com & Collaboration with New York-Based Firm to Boost US Investor Base of Leading European Investment Crowdfunding Platform, as Industry Matures into Online Finance Symbid Corp., the Netherlands-based company behind one of the world’s first equity crowdfunding platforms, today announced that they… Read More

October 8, 2014 @ 12:08 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Novi Security aims to be the world’s simplest and most accessible security system, giving users an affordable and powerful tool to monitor and protect their homes.  Privately fundraising on Fundable, Novi has raised $465K, 93% of its goal.  This past July, Novi wrapped up a… Read More